Enrollment Trends at Sisseton Wahpeton

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 163 where 206 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 215 students in 2024 and was lowest at 119 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 132 to 206 students, a net gain of 74 (56.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Sisseton Wahpeton College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	132	43	89
2016-17	142 10	50 7	92 3
2017-18	197 55	83 33	114 22
2018-19	167 -30	78 -5	89 -25
2019-20	119 -48	51 -27	68 -21
2020-21	125 6	45 -6	80 12
2021-22	140 15	59 14	81 1
2022-23	187 47	74 15	113 32
2023-24	215 28	82 8	133 20
2024-25	206 -9	80 -2	126 -7
Average	163	65	99

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.46% and the percentage of black students is 2.43% at Sisseton Wahpeton College. Hispanic students comprise 0.49% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 3.79% to 1.46%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.76% to 2.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.00% to 0.49%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1121 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1158 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sisseton Wahpeton College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	124	0	1	0	0	5	2
2016-17	132	0	0	0	0	9	1
2017-18	162	0	10	6	0	19	0
2018-19	131	0	17	2	0	17	0
2019-20	98	0	8	3	0	10	0
2020-21	112	0	5	1	0	7	0
2021-22	129	0	6	0	0	5	0
2022-23	168	0	4	2	0	7	5
2023-24	198	1	6	0	0	9	0
2024-25	194	0	5	1	0	3	3
Average	145	0	6	2	0	9	1

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Sisseton Wahpeton College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.